Python Environment Variables - os.environ returns None
I set a secret key as an environment variable
and I have a pyfile called test.py
that calls it
import os SECRET_KEY = os.environ['SECRET_KEY'] print('the secret key is {}'.format(SECRET_KEY))
When I run it with .replit it works fine
language="python" run="python test.py"
> python test.py the secret key is key_that_is_secret
But when I run it from the shell
~/pythonapp$ python test.py
it returns an error
Traceback (most recent call last): File "test.py", line 3, in <module> SECRET_KEY = os.environ['SECRET_KEY'] File "/usr/lib/python3.8/os.py", line 675, in __getitem__ raise KeyError(key) from None KeyError: 'SECRET_KEY'
Is there something I'm missing?
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SixBeeps
My guess is that environment variables get added whenever the run button is clicked, which would be a little strange, but I'm not sure. Possible bug?
Instead of using os.environ try using os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY') i did have the same error and now it seems to work, still have some other issues though